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Robert Simpson-Anderson
Vice-Admiral Robert Claude Simpson-Anderson (born July 1942 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former Chief of the South African Navy (1 September 199231 October 2000) He joined the Navy in 1964 and completed a BMil. In 1977 he commanded the Navy's first Strike Craft, . In 1978 he completed an MBL via Unisa. In 1984 he became the OC of , the Strike Craft Flotilla and in 1986 as a Commodore, the Officer Commanding of the South African Military Academy in Saldhana. At the end of 1990 he was promoted to rear admiral and posted as Chief of Naval Support. Awards and decorations In 1999 Vice Admiral Simpson-Anderson was awarded the Order of the Star of South Africa The Order of the Star of South Africa is a South African National Order that consisted of seven decorations in two military and five non-military classes. The order was discontinued on 2 December 2002. Institution The Order of the Star of South ... (Silver). His list of awards includes: * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Trainor
Vice Admiral Martyn Trainor (born 13 January 1944) is a retired South African Navy Officer, who served as Chief of Corporate Staff of the South African National Defence Force. Naval career He matriculated from Diocesan College and joined the Navy in 1962 and attended the South African Military Academy The South African Military Academy is based on similar principles to that of the military academy system of the United States (United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy United States Air Force Academy). The academy is a military ..., graduating in 1965. He served on Frigates and Minesweepers before volunteering for the Submarine service. He commanded and the . He was promoted to Commodore in 1989 and appointed Chief of Naval Staff Personnel. On 1 September 1992 he was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Naval Support. and Chief of Fleet Staff Personnel. He was appointed Chief of Corporate Staff on 1 November 2000 and prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiefs Of The South African Navy
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People From Pretoria
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Living People
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1942 Births
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South African Admirals
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Fred Du Toit
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Willie Kotze
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Chris Bennett (admiral)
Rear Admiral Chris Bennett (8 December 1937 – 17 August 2021) was the author of a number of books. Naval career Bennett was born in KweKwe. He attended school at Kingswood College (South Africa), Kingswood College before joining the South African Navy. He commanded the Minesweeper in 1972. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1986 and appointed as Flag Officer Commanding Naval Command West until January 1989. In 1989 he was appointed Chief of Naval Staff and then as Chief of Naval Support. He retired in 1990 Awards and decorations * * * * * * Books * * with Arne Söderlund * References External links * 1937 births 2021 deaths South African non-fiction writers South African admirals White South African people Alumni of Kingswood College (South Africa) {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Military Academy
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Johan Retief
Vice Admiral Johan Retief was the Chief of the South African Navy from 2000 to 2005. Retief was born on 20 March 1946 in Cape Town, matriculating at Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town. Career He attended the South African Military Academy after completing his Citizen Force training and graduated with a Bachelor of Military Science degree in 1967 and was judged the Best Student in that year. He was appointed an Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer and was selected to attend the Torpedo and Anti-Submarine course at HMS Vernon in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. He joined the Strike Craft Flotilla, initially as training officer at the inception of the project in 1975. He was the Commissioning Captain of and attended the Naval Command and Staff Course in 1981. After Completing a year as Staff Officer Surface Warfare, he was appointed Director Naval Operations in 1985. After attending the Joint Staff Course in 1988 he served as Senior Staff Officer Research at the Intelligence Divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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